Carton or container



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Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MILNE GIBSON, OF LYRUP, RIVER MURRAY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, AS-

SIGNOR TO THE GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, AS TRUSTEE FOR GIBSON PATENT CONTAINERS, LTD.

CARTON OR CONTAINER Application filed August 23, 1928, Serial No. 301,520, and in Australia October 12, 1927.

This invention relates to improvementsin the construction of containers or cartons of a type particularly applicable for packaging dried fruits, biscuits, confectionery and similar articles of food, and has reference more especially to a carton of this character, which may be furnished to the user in knock-down condition, and which may be readily set up at the packing station.

My invention has for its object to provide a carton of the character described, which when set up, filled and enclosed in a transparent wrapper discloses its contents through the latter, protecting the contents against dirt and contamination and against deterioration from exposure.

A further object of my invention is to provide a carton, which consists of a plurality of flat pieces of material capable of being efliciently packed in large quantities and in a minimum of space, and which may be readily assembled for use at the packing station.

I accomplish these objects by means of the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described in the specification, set forth in the appended claims, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of the blank forming the body of the carton; Figure 2 is a view of the adhesive label for the ends of the body strip; Figure 3 is a plan view of the annular piece forming a top for the carton; Figure 4 is a plan view of the bottom disc for the carton '25 and Figure 5 is a plan view of the adhesive disc for the bottom of the carton; Figure 6 is a perspective view of the parts shown in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, assembled together; Figure 7 is a plan view of the transparent wrapper for the carton; Figure 8 is a perspective view of the finished carton with the wrapper applied; and Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of the carton as it would appear when sealed to display and protect its contents.

For this purpose the strip may be bent round a cylinder of required size and when so bent the ends are secured by an adhesive strip of material I), which in itself may constitute or contain an advertis ng element in the nature of a trade-mark, signature. monogram or other device.

\Vhen the ends have been joined the smaller projections a are bent inwardly to a r ht angle, and the strip is then placed on to bring the projections a on the bottom, whereupon an annular cardboard piece 0 is placed inside the body and brought to rest on the projections a. In this position (which is the inverted position of the carton) the contents may be packed and when the requisite quantity has been inserted a disc d is arranged on top of the contents.

In the next stage of building up the carton the longer projections a of the body strip are bent down to rest upon the disc at level with the end of the circumferential strip. An adhesive disc 2 is then moistened and placed centrally over the projections a and disc (I thereby securely fastening the projections a to the disc (5. When this has been done the overlapping edges of the transparent material upon which the inverted carton has been initially placed are neatly drawn over the centre of the bottom disc e and then folded and fastened by a second adhesive piece 0'.

This completes the operation of settin up and filling the carton, and when the lled carton is reversed in the position,-illustrated in Figure 9, the center portion of the transparent material f Will constitute the top or window of the carton through which the contents is visible inside the annular disc 0, and the carton will present the appearance shown in Figures 6 and 9 of the drawings, completely covered by the transparent medium.

In the foregoing specification I have described my invention in its simplest form of construction, that is to say, I have described a round or cylindrical carton, but it is to be understood that in the following claims the expressions appropriate to the simplest form of construction are to be construed as applicable to other forms which differ only in shape but are constructionally substantially the same as in the foregoing specification.

What is claimed is 1. A carton, comprising a body portion formed from a strip of material having its opposite ends brought around and secured together and having projections along opposite longitudinal sides bent inwardly, a disc disposed inside the body and resting on the pro ections at one end to form a bottom, a ring member placed inside the body portion directly beneath the projections of the upper end, and a sheet of transparent wrapping material with its center portion disposed over the to to form a window with the ring end mem er, the sides of said sheet being folded over the body and the bottom thereof to completely enclose the carton.

2. A carton, as claimed in claim 1, including an adhesive member pasted over the bottom projections and disc to secure the same together. 3. A carton, as claimed in claim 1, including an adhesive disc pasted over the bottom projections and disc, and a second adhesive member applied to the folded over sides of the transparent sheet at the bottom of the carton to secure the same together.

4. A carton, comprising a body portion formed from a strip of material having its opposite ends brought around and secured together and having projections along opposite longitudinal sides bent inwardly, a disc disposed inside the body and resting on the projections at one end to form a bottom, and a ring member placed inside the body portion directly beneath the projections of the upper end.

5. A carton comprising a body portion formed from a strip of material havlng inwardly bent projections along opposite longitudinal sides, a disc disposed in the body portion and resting against the projections at one end to form a bottom, a ring at the other end of the body portion, and a cover for the body portion that is transparent to permit inspection of the contents of the body portion through said ring. 

